Bridle attachment



. citizen of the United States,.residingfat Shep-y UNiTED STATES sPl-fitrinwry ,e FFIcE..

CLEMENT s. suur., on SHEPHERD, Miouionen.V

e Rl D LE ATTAC HMENT.

'sPnciHcATIoN forming om Leners Patent No. 381.235, aerea Aprn '1F/,f1aee." y.

To all whom it may concerne l Be it known that I, CLEMENT S. SHUE, a

herd, in the county of Isabella and State of Michigan, havefinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Bridle Attachments for Protecting the Nose .of the Horse in Cold Clivmates; and I do declare the following to be a `full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersv skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and tothe letters and figures of referencemarked thereon, which form a partof this specification. A

The special object of my bridle attachment is to prevent the condensation of aqueous vapor upon the horses nose in cold climates, where it formsV more or less of y ice,.chills this delicate organ, and robs ityof its natural heat. The eiect of accumulating ice upon the nose is to prevent the latterfrom performing its function of warming the air just beforerit is taken into the lungs, and the consequence is colds, lungaffectio'ns, and-pneumonia.

`Figurel of the drawings is a perspective viewof my invention applied; Fig. 2, a horizontal section showing the local relation of the bridle, springs, and protector.

Application filed February 18, 188s. Serial No. 264.482. (No model.)4

.-protector, which may be made of .leatherf or of heat..

thelower end of the nose; .The spring-bands B Bextend on each side beyond the leather, and have the elastic arms b b,which.clamp the projecting ends, as shown and described. Y

In testimony whereof I affix my si'gnature Ain presence of two witnesses. V.

Witnesses: p j

' W. H. WALLING, M *Y ANYOLETHI'WALLING. fl In the drawings, A A representmy nose-V vB B are curved springs, which hold Ithe leather in'shape to fit around the nose snugly. 1 rIhe part A is preferably, though not neces- `sarily, made of aseparate piece sewed to the part A, and shaped so as tocome round under Y .The combination of the nose-proteetor-V'A` and the springs B B, having clasps b `b at theirV CLEMENT-s. suini.V z,

,s0 any material which is a'good non-conductor 'y sidev pieces of the headstall of the bridle,as y, 

